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Introdution
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Definition
- Creation and maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination
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The Age of Imperialism
- Started around 1870
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generally refers to activities of:
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The Countries:
- United Kingdom
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Japan
- United States of America
- in the mid 19th and 20th centuries
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The Scramble for Africa
- Racism
- Boer War
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Imperialism
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Because Africa seen like raw material source
- Gold
- Diamond
- Rubber
- Social Darwinism
- Berlin Conference
- Shaka
- Boer
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Empires
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The British Empire
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The largest Empire of all history
- one quarter of earth's population
- almost one quarter of land area
- "The Sun never sets on the British Empire
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French colonial empire
- From 17th century to 1960s
- In the 19th and 20th century, 2nd largest
- Established in North America, Caribbean, and India
- In 19th century new empire in Africa and S.E. Asia
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Belgium colonial empire
- Between 1901 and 1962
- Belgian Congo
- Rwanda
- Burundi
- By Leopold II King of Belgium
- It was his private property and the most cruel colony
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German colonial possessions
- By Bismarck
- During the 1880s
- In Africa and Pacific
- Sent missionaries
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Portugal
- Cape Verde
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Guinea-Bissau
- Angola
- Mozambique
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Spain
- Cuba
- Puerto Rico
- Spanish East Indies
- Pacific islands
- Spanish Guinea
- Spanish Sahara
- Spanish Moroco
- The Canary islands
- Ceuta
- Melilla
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Italian colonial empire
- Eritrea
- Somalia
- Libya